The development of an indicator for measuring information quality of discretionary accruals

Shen-Ho Chang, Shaio Yan Huang, Teng-Shih Wang and Dennis B. K. Hwang

Applied Financial Economics, 2014, vol. 24, issue 18, 1177-1186

Abstract: This article proposes a new model, referred to as Information Quality Indicator of Discretionary Accrual (IQIDA), to study earnings management. A limitation of prior studies on earnings management is examined using the two dimensions of decision validity. Based on the notion of 'information quantity' and 'information quality,' using the original values or absolute values of discretionary accruals (DAs) as the measurement for earnings management could lead to suboptimal judgments and decisions. A new model is proposed as an improvement over those models using DAs. The new model attends to both central tendencies and dispersion degrees of variable sample distributions, which requires a two-step transformation process to achieve.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09603107.2014.925047

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